By Pamela Fayerman
Politics and controversy surrounding the proposed merger between two private surgery centres in Toronto and Vancouver has now sunk the deal.
About six weeks ago, I told readers about a takeover deal in which Centric Health would buy Toronto’s Shouldice Hospital for $14 million. Centric bought the False Creek Surgical Centre in Vancouver earlier this year for $24 million which you can read about here.
Centric is a publicly traded (TSX) chain ... Read More …

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By Pamela Fayerman
On the third anniversary of my MedicineMatters blog, it seems like a good time to share what may be ... Read More …

When I broke the news last spring that the False Creek Surgical Centre had been sold for $24 million to an expansion-driven, TSX-publicly traded company called Centric Health Corp., there were near-record numbers of interested readers, according to metrics software. But none of the controversy that we may expect in other provinces.
That’s largely because private surgical centres have become a fixture in the BC health care system, firmly entrenched over the past 20 ... Read More …

BY Pamela Fayerman
Vancouver Sun
One of B.C.’s first and biggest private, multi-specialty surgical centres, along with its sister operation in Winnipeg, have been sold to a national health services company for $24 million.
False Creek Healthcare Centre was opened in 1998 by Vancouver anesthesiologist, Dr. Mark Godley, the majority owner. The well-equipped and appointed facility at 555 West Eighth Avenue was bought by Centric Health Corp., a publicly traded company that has ... Read More …